Linked by Steve Husted on Mon 13th Sep 2004 08:28 UTC
Linux gaming. Let's face it - it's terrible. Tux Racer? Please. Quake III, okay, I'll give you that. NeverWinter Nights? If you can get it to work. WINE? If you have enough hair left to pull out, WINE is a good choice.
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You're well off base stating that Gentoo takes 3 or 4 times as long to boot as Windows. Even twice would be pushing it. It's tough to get it to boot as fast (although possible), but it's not THAT much slower. And Windows does a lot of loading after reaching the desktop, whereas Linux tends not to.
Security problems with Windows aren't exclusively between keyboard and chair either. Yes, a bit of experience helps, but it's basically playing whack-a-mole with security holes.
Back on topic anyway.... I find OpenGL slower than DirectX in highly scientific UT2004 tests. I don't know how much of this is due to the game being optimised for DirectX. It does annoy me though because it's generally much more responsive under Linux - maps load faster, system isn't unresponsive for a minute once I quit etc...